Illinois · 1919

Top 100 names in Illinois, 1919, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,395
#2	Helen	2,264
#3	Dorothy	2,202
#4	Margaret	1,339
#5	Ruth	1,286
#6	Virginia	1,186
#7	Mildred	1,102
#8	Frances	876
#9	Evelyn	876
#10	Florence	826
#11	Marie	710
#12	Anna	695
#13	Betty	681
#14	Lorraine	665
#15	Bernice	660
#16	Irene	651
#17	Alice	637
#18	Lucille	628
#19	Elizabeth	624
#20	Lillian	608
#21	Eleanor	590
#22	Rose	588
#23	Marjorie	568
#24	Josephine	541
#25	Jean	521
#26	Catherine	493
#27	Doris	490
#28	Louise	407
#29	Esther	391
#30	Lois	369
#31	Marion	369
#32	Edna	369
#33	June	366
#34	Gertrude	361
#35	Grace	359
#36	Gladys	347
#37	Genevieve	342
#38	Ann	331
#39	Ethel	324
#40	Martha	320
#41	Jane	316
#42	Violet	313
#43	Edith	311
#44	Hazel	301
#45	Loretta	299
#46	Pauline	294
#47	Anne	285
#48	Geraldine	283
#49	Eileen	279
#50	Elsie	277
#51	Stella	276
#52	Shirley	272
#53	Thelma	269
#54	Charlotte	268
#55	Kathryn	268
#56	Clara	260
#57	Vivian	257
#58	Ruby	249
#59	Marian	248
#60	Maxine	244
#61	Wilma	243
#62	Rita	241
#63	Julia	239
#64	Katherine	238
#65	Sophie	228
#66	Barbara	225
#67	Leona	224
#68	Pearl	223
#69	Emily	222
#70	Vera	218
#71	Norma	212
#72	Agnes	211
#73	Phyllis	211
#74	Harriet	201
#75	Beatrice	194
#76	Dolores	190
#77	Viola	189
#78	Patricia	182
#79	Laverne	181
#80	Adeline	177
#81	Sylvia	177
#82	Jeanette	177
#83	Emma	174
#84	Wanda	173
#85	Sarah	163
#86	Ellen	160
#87	Juanita	159
#88	Bessie	158
#89	Bertha	155
#90	Elaine	151
#91	Marguerite	150
#92	Rosemary	148
#93	Marcella	146
#94	Ida	145
#95	Jeanne	143
#96	Mabel	143
#97	Nellie	141
#98	Jennie	138
#99	Theresa	137
#100	Blanche	133

Uniquely popular in Illinois

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Berenice	23	4	1
Stephanie	71	12	3
Laverne	181	32	8
Darlene	42	7	2
Jayne	29	5	1
Lorraine	665	117	35
Evelyne	24	4	1
Bernadine	67	12	4
Antonette	21	4	1
Valerie	26	5	2
Ferne	32	6	2
Eleanore	108	19	7

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.